The Lane Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2026
$25, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.
This is zippy, fresh, well flavoured and appealing. What I really like about it is that the fruit has genuine intensity – but, at the same time, it’s not over-bearing or hard work. It tastes of tropical fruit and lemongrass with fresh grape and pear notes tossed throughout. It’s in very good form, from start to finish. The value is high too.
92 points – Campbell Mattinson.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
